Oblate Program at Belmont Abbey, NC

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The Cross had asked the questions; the Resurrection had answered them.

The supreme instance of all history that the voice of the people is not necessarily the voice of God, was the moment when a mob passed beneath a cross,flinging at the helpless figure there upon it the blistering sneer of the ages: “He trusted in God; let him now deliver him” (Matthew 27:43).   Two… Read More ›

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Some Thoughts on Sunrise

Sunrise: hidden by pines and cedars to the east, I saw the red flame of the kingly sun glaring through the black trees, not like dawn but like a forest fire.  Then the sun became distinguished as a person, and he shone silently and with solemn power through the branches, and the whole world was… Read More ›

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